Thirty two young people from across Ireland present President Mary Robinson with St Brigid's crosses.
A representative from each of the thirty two counties on the island of Ireland was invited to Áras an Uachtaráin to meet the president. Each representative presented the President Mary Robinson with a St Brigid's Cross as a symbol of hope for world peace, an abhorrence of war and concern for the people of the Third World.
The idea of a St Brigid's Cross as a symbol of peace came from the AFrI, an organisation established to highlight the links between the arms race and third world poverty.
President Mary Robinson fully endorsed the young people's commitment to peace.
The promotion of peace through a very old symbol in this country.
One of the attendees, Karen Smith, explains how the crosses are made from twenty one rushes, which symbolise their hope that the 21st century will bring peace and justice. Another attendee, Pamela Lyons, also plans to send a St Brigid's Cross to US President Bush.
I'm going to send it to him as a symbol of peace and to ask him to stop the war.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 1 February 1991. The reporter is Cathy Halloran.
